Impact of age at diagnosis on prognosis and treatment in laryngeal cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1062-1068

  Reizenstein, Johan A ^a   Bergström, Stefan N ^c   Holmberg, Lars ^e,f   Linder, Arne ^b   Ekman, Simon ^b   Blomquist, Erik ^b   Lödén, Britta ^d   Holmqvist, Marit ^f   Hellström, Karin ^f   Nilsson, Christer O ^a   Brattström, Daniel ^b   Bergqvist, Michael ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^d CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Regional Oncologic Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Cancer; Laryngeal; Prognosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955610501     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21292     Document Type: Article

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